Even more than categories, posts in a series are related to a single recurring topic.
If there was an injury that would encourage me to get cybernetics, it would be the loss of eyesight. If I lost a hand or other extremity I would likely consider a prosthetic, but even the most advanced ones are pretty non-invasive. Replacing an eye would be very much more …
Genius-level monsters (and other opponents) have always been a problem for me. Talysman at The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms suggests a mechanism for handling it. The original post “I Meant to Do That” was originally posted almost a year ago (sigh I still mean to go back and read this site …
I’ve been reading B/X Blackrazor since I really started getting into RPG blogs, and I have a copy of a Companion set, but… where can I find the base set? Context suggests it’s a specific rule set, but my google-fu is failing me and I have been unable to put …
Some sample ‘wax seals’ I’ve thrown together to explore how they might fit into Greg’s game Freebooter. And what they might look like when applied to the page. Not quite done, I see a couple of other options that I might like better… but for a quick test I figured …
I’ve been examining damage charts, especially the damage for increasing monster size and weapon sizes. This is post is largely analysis and comparison. I’m not done with this topic. I think I’ve got something (several somethings, in fact) that are better than the RSRD version, but I’m not satisfied yet …
This is likely to take several articles, as the first one or two are going to be somewhat vague as I try to find the shape of things. This is in part because they appear to be under-CRed compared to other monster types. Draconic Hit Dice are better than most …
I remember posting a bit about this to rec.games.frp.dnd, but don’t remember if I included the bits about weapon reach. This article is a first cut of recapturing that post, with some additional information. The rules are generally complete, but some of the weapon modeling needs some adjustment. The model …
Down to the last set of failures, and can’t say that they are necessarily serious problems for everyone. However, I have seen complaints about them a number of times, so I’ll do what I can to describe them. These are things where reasonable applications of the rules lead to possibly …
I’ve described perhaps the biggest systemic problems, now for a few things relating to application of the rules. These points aren’t as critical to game balance, but certainly detract from the game experience. Preparation time and complexity, temporary changes, and figuring out just how powerful something is can all be …
I think I’ll start my ‘Thing a Day’ series with a description of why and how I think D&D fails. This is likely to be a work in progress, the points below are more or less off the top of my head. I’ve been playing RPGs for almost thirty years, …